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Wed Sep 4, 2013 2:17pm EDT Twe e t 2 () - BR Partners Banco de Investimento SA, the investment bank led by dealmaker Ricardo Share 1 Lacerda, sees the potential to win more mandates Share this

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Bonds News » RECOMMENDED VIDEO and Goldman Sachs Group Inc , in a Wednesday interview. Bonds » Investment banks in Brazil are grappling with a third year of sub-par Congo's army occupies Markets » economic growth, rising borrowing costs and worries over government rebel positions in Financials » breakthrough interference in the economy. The value of merger and acquisition deals in Brazil fell to an eight-year low in the first six months of the year, and initial public offerings Clashes outside Mexico's Congress as it begins have failed to gain traction - they are now at their lowest since 2006. o pening… "When the outlook for the industry is a little grim, we all suffer," Lacerda said. "But at the same Violent protests erupt in time it offers us, as a niche bank, enormous opportunities to serve and grow our pool of Brazil (1:17) clients."

Back-to-School Breakfast While bigger shops often use their balance sheet to win mandates, BR Partners counts on a (of Champions) long list of corporate clients with which Lacerda and partners have done business for years. (The Breakfast Project) The bank, which started operations in 2010, has a client list of 400 companies it advises on How Retailers Beat Amazon M&A, structured finance or preparations for an , said Andrea Pinheiro, a At Its Own Game: INFOGRAPHIC leading partner at the bank. (Meet The Future of Retail) [?] "We are betting on a pure broker-client business. We believe that model is very attractive for clients who rely on independent advisors to do business with," Lacerda added.

FINANCIAL COMMENTARIES AND GUIDES BR Partners ranked as the sixth-largest M&A advisor in Brazil last year after working on 15 deals valued at $7.62 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data. The shop has held on to its Oil Pension Checks could pay you up to 8X more than Social (Lombardi Financial ) place among Brazil's top ten M&A shops in a year of escalating competition between the investment-banking units of Brazil's largest local banks and their foreign rivals. How to become a more competent trader - Special eGuide (FXCM) Lacerda and Pinheiro believe that the investment banking deal f low in Brazil will gradually gain momentum in coming months, with infrastructure and consumer goods and services sharing Seven Deadly Investor Sins (Personal Capital ) the spotlight. A window of opportunity for potential IPOs could open by year-end and extend into early next year, Pinheiro added.

Choosing a Futures Options Trading Strategy. A Currently, BR Partners is advising three firms on plans to list shares on the São Paulo Stock free must-have guide (RJO Futures) Exchange, Lacerda said, declining to elaborate. After a torrid start of the year, IPOs have lost traction since April, in tandem with deteriorating investor confidence on Brazil. How Trading Forex Can Help You Hedge Your

Equity Position (FXCM) The bank, which currently has a staff of about 100, also opened a brokerage unit five months ago to help support investment-banking deals and provide clients with "market intelligence," said João Paulo Tucci, the head of the brokerage.

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